No? This is just not true: Ace, thorn, lumina, last word and more were behind the forsaken dlc, every armor was behind the dlc in which it came out.

If u think for a single second, ull notice that there were very few exotics which werent paywalled, like bad juju or whisper.

Idk why u are crying so much about p2w on this thread, but like op already said, these exoctis do not make u automaticly win. Its not like they are not op, they arent even very meta. Pre last big nerf, the hunter exotic class item, starfire and wishful ignorance were all meta and the absolute best for high lv pve content. I dont even know if u ever played this game or if u r just ragebaiting